Saturn

Saturn's Beautiful Rings

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system, it is a gas giant as well. Saturn's atmosphere is made mostly of Helium, making it extremely light. If you had an ocean large enough to put Saturn in, it would float. Saturn is famous for it's rings. (even though Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter also have rings) Saturn's rings are made mostly of ice, which makes them so bright. It is still unknown how Saturn's rings formed. Most scientists believe that a moon was ripped apart and the pieces continued to orbit Saturn, thus, forming it's ring. The planet takes about 10,759 Earth days, or about 29 1/2 Earth years, to go around the sun.